MATCH REPORT - THE LID IS BACK - LET'S KEEP IT ON

[old dee 23,743]

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Yep definately Hacked. OD has never spoken in these tones EVER!!

Your memory is waning SWYL.

 

[old dee 23,743]

6 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

 

Demonised, returning OD's lid would seem to be the neighbourly thing to do yes? It might also assist in returning D'land to some kind of normality!

You know what you can do with the implement from the "dark Ages" rn

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

I must be taking longer to thaw out OD. The period of horror i think you are referring to felt more like an ice age from where i was sitting!

[old dee 23,743]

2 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

I must be taking longer to thaw out OD. The period of horror i think you are referring to felt more like an ice age from where i was sitting!

It is very dark with that lid on RN

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

3 minutes ago, old dee said:

It is very dark with that lid on RN

I will make a deal with you OD. If we beat the Aints at Shitihad first up i will literally find a decent sized dark lid and lob it somewhere down the street here and join you in casting away that nasty pall of our recent past. Mind you i will probably wait till night time or someone might just fling it straight back at me! Most likely that bloody Hawthorn neighbour of mine.

After that i will also need to head to the Box Hill RSL for a few pints of Stone & Wood to assist in my gradual rehabilitation

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

4 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Thanks for yesterday's gift MFC but after so many years of abject failure I'm not exactly practiced in the art of keeping the lid on and my first test comes tonight when we go out for dinner and two of the people at the table will be Carlton supporters.

How do I go about keeping the lid on? 

Do I mention yesterday's game at all or do I just feign ignorance about it and start a discussion on Donald Trump's latest escapades?

...just say, Oh yes, it was only a practice match i know, but what i was wondering was, why is Carlton playing bruise free football these days?

Edited February 26, 2017 by Wadda We Sing

[Red and Bluebeard 2,083]

3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Who are you ???? ???

Old Dee, the lid-chucking enthusiast, of course. Keep up BB!

[Macca 16,901]

5 hours ago, old dee said:

After a decade of a firmly fastened lid it is off in my household.

We have a vastly superior side to four years ago and I am confident we will win 13+ games in 2017.

Sorry a small delay I just threw  the lid over the back fence.

GO DEES.

You correctly predicted 10 wins last year OD so I'm heading to the TAB. 

2.40* is a little skinny though (to make the 8) 

 

 

*Gamble responsibly.

[old dee 23,743]

3 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

I will make a deal with you OD. If we beat the Aints at Shitihad first up i will literally find a decent sized dark lid and lob it somewhere down the street here and join you in casting away that nasty pall of our recent past. Mind you i will probably wait till night time or someone might just fling it straight back at me! Most likely that bloody Hawthorn neighbour of mine.

After that i will also need to head to the Box Hill RSL for a few pints of Stone & Wood to assist in my gradual rehabilitation

Now that is the spirit.

[beelzebub 23,313]

4 hours ago, old dee said:

That is in the bag Ernest

Could have sworn it was you the other day...by golly ive met your doppelganger

Seriously though.. reckon 13-14 this season. Still much to learn, consolidate and refine.

Right direction √

[old dee 23,743]

3 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

...just say, Oh yes, it was only a practice match i know, but what i was wondering was, why is Carlton playing bruise free football these days?

A very good question WWS.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

3 hours ago, Macca said:

You correctly predicted 10 wins last year OD so I'm heading to the TAB. 

2.40* is a little skinny though (to make the 8) 

 

 

*Gamble responsibly.

...you could always get on Trac for the brownlow at 67/1. ....or Maxy at 51.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

I actually missed most of the first half is there a link to a replay anywhere?

[Demon trucker 1,800]

4 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

...just say, Oh yes, it was only a practice match i know, but what i was wondering was, why is Carlton playing bruise free football these days?

Too many man Buns 

[brendan 3,434]

29 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

...you could always get on Trac for the brownlow at 67/1. ....or Maxy at 51.

I had a couple free bets so $37.50 on dees to make the 8 @$2.20 and $37.50 on hogan for Coleman at $17 

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

8 hours ago, 640MD said:

Only reading reports like this   so I don't really know

But How strong was the Carlton side,   any senior players missing, playing in unfamiliar positions,   any other reason   or are they just Shite !

 

They were missing Cripps, he's a star but he's only one player.

[Adam The God 30,105]

9 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Thanks for yesterday's gift MFC but after so many years of abject failure I'm not exactly practiced in the art of keeping the lid on and my first test comes tonight when we go out for dinner and two of the people at the table will be Carlton supporters.

How do I go about keeping the lid on? 

Do I mention yesterday's game at all or do I just feign ignorance about it and start a discussion on Donald Trump's latest escapades?

I reckon it's always better if you don't mention it. They'll be expecting it and so you get the entire night of them squirming in anticipation.

[Adam The God 30,105]

8 hours ago, grazman said:

The later,  they have four no 1 picks, and only one of them they can take to the bank in the rebuild.  The only player missing from their best 22 is Cripps (who is injured and you assume would have played if he was fit).  Their ruck stocks are thin with their reserve back up ruck (Goringge) going down  with an achilles (Phillips has stress fractures in his foot) and relying almost solely on Kreuzer to stay on the park.  Not hard to understand why GWS packaged up so many players in the fire sale - and if you believe the rumours - there maybe some discontent with SOS's list management as players like Palmer, Wiley etc are list cloggers.  Long story short is the get out of jail card is that Bolton is experimenting in the preseason, but he has limited cattle and knows this year and next they are going to be on the end of some fearful hidings. 

I've been saying for years that SOS is a rubbish list manager. I reckon I might have been able to pick the GWS blokes. Like shooting fish in a barrel a lot of the time. Then there's his crowning jewel. The first three picks in the 2012 draft. What a shocker. 2014 wasn't much better for SOS.

Hilarious that people rate him. If what you say is true about the discontent, how long did that take them?  

Carlton reminds me very much of the old boys club that pervaded the MFC for so many years and got us into trouble.

I've been saying to my Carlton mate for a little while now that they're at least 3-4 years behind us. I reckon they seem to be getting further and further away with every season.

Hoping that they can get a couple more spoons over the next few years. They're not far off being worse than us in those days. Their drafting, I would argue, has been worse.

I'd give Bolton another year or two max and then he'll be out.

Can you tell I'm taking a certain sense of glee from Carlton's demise? :D 

[old dee 23,743]

3 minutes ago, A F said:

I've been saying for years that SOS is a rubbish list manager. I reckon I might have been able to pick the GWS blokes. Like shooting fish in a barrel a lot of the time. Then there's his crowning jewel. The first three picks in the 2012 draft. What a shocker. 2014 wasn't much better for SOS.

Hilarious that people rate him. If what you say is true about the discontent, how long did that take them?  

Carlton reminds me very much of the old boys club that pervaded the MFC for so many years and got us into trouble.

I've been saying to my Carlton mate for a little while now that they're at least 3-4 years behind us. I reckon they seem to be getting further and further away with every season.

Hoping that they can get a couple more spoons over the next few years. They're not far off being worse than us in those days. Their drafting, I would argue, has been worse.

I'd give Bolton another year or two max and then he'll be out.

Can you tell I'm taking a certain sense of glee from Carlton's demise? :D 

Would never have guessed it.

[Engorged Onion 10,215]

1 hour ago, Wadda We Sing said:

I actually missed most of the first half is there a link to a replay anywhere?

Via the afl website .video section - here is a direct link

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2017-02-25/jlt-highlights-melbourne-v-carlton

[Trisul 664]

1 hour ago, Wadda We Sing said:

I actually missed most of the first half is there a link to a replay anywhere?

 

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

1 hour ago, Danelska said:

Via the afl website .video section - here is a direct link

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2017-02-25/jlt-highlights-melbourne-v-carlton

Thanks for that.

[The Reverend 1,736]

12 hours ago, old dee said:

After a decade of a firmly fastened lid it is off in my household.

We have a vastly superior side to four years ago and I am confident we will win 13+ games in 2017.

Sorry a small delay I just threw  the lid over the back fence.

GO DEES.

It's great to hear your optimism OD. It's going to be a rollercoaster ride from here on in. We're going to soar to great heights but will take a few dips in the process. I just want to never leave the ground at three quarter time again!

GO DEES!

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

3 hours ago, A F said:

I've been saying for years that SOS is a rubbish list manager. I reckon I might have been able to pick the GWS blokes. Like shooting fish in a barrel a lot of the time. Then there's his crowning jewel. The first three picks in the 2012 draft. 

This.

[old55 23,348]

We're 3 years into the rebuild and they're one. We played a good hit out last week and it was their first match.  A lot of our players have played at Casey which is a difficult ground.  We smashed them as expected but as I posted elsewhere we don't have a reputation for delivering the expected.